Provo's Freedom Festival hot air balloon launch is one of our family's favorite traditions. We don't do it every year (new babies tend to make this momma unwilling to get up before 6 a.m.!), but we go every year we can. Grant and I even loaded up Eliot when he was just 9 days old so we could see them! This year was no disappointment! The sky was beautiful despite the fact that several wildfires were burning in the state at the time, including a major one in Alpine that broke out a couple days before. It was a perfect morning for an early morning family adventure!
Not my best photo of the balloons, but you can see the haze from the fires in the bottom of the photo.
Since we like to go the day before the 4th, it was a work day for Grant, so he came all gussied up! As for the rest of us -- p.j.s for the boys, ball cap for mom!
Aren't the skies picture perfect?! And yea for ReMax! (Jorge, our real estate agent that helped us buy our house, worked there.)
Zach may have had the best view of all. It was so fun to watch the the wonder (mixed with a fair amount of confusion) in his sleepy little eyes. So fun to see my little ones experience this for the first time!
And what is more American than a giant, cold bottle of Coke?!
After watching the balloon launch, we headed over to Provo Bakery to indulge in donuts and sweet rolls. We took our sugar-loaded breakfast to a nearby park, where we enjoyed the quiet of the morning and the gorgeous view of the sun coming up over Y mountain. We had a little time before Grant had to go to work, so we pushed the boys in the swings for a bit and had some peaceful, happy time as a family. It was perfect and made me so happy to enjoy that little moment together. My heart filled with joy that I get to live in a beautiful land where our freedoms allow us to have moments like that -- where we could enjoy a wonderful community celebration and time together as a family. We live in a place that's clean, where we have beautifully cared for parks and places to enjoy as families. We have so many freedoms and comforts -- right down to donuts and chocolate milk -- and I'm so grateful for those who have served and continue to serve our country in order to preserve those rights. I'm so grateful to Heavenly Father for allowing me to live here and to have the privilege of living in such a wonderful, wonderful country. I love the 4th, and I've gotta say, Provo celebrates it in an awesome way!
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Fun memories!
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